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MindCrime
02-21-15, 03:06 AM
I stumbled upon this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spZJrsssPA0 after watching an older amd video posted by JPM called "the fixer" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH6XayaLTw8
Shandia
02-21-15, 03:56 AM
The guy is laughing nvidia right into a class action lawsuit. Seems the info the other guys had to say why it "appears" to be short a little ram was nvidia's way to explain a lie away.
DrBackJack
02-21-15, 06:45 AM
That laugh is great !
Ron Shurtz
02-21-15, 11:03 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b74MYv8ldXc

The 970 sounds like a 980 that used a binned chip that didn't pass performance specs.

It sounds like it still has 4GB of RAM but the last .5GB is slower than the rest, and the OS decides whether and how to use it.

NVidia claims there was a miscommunication between the marketing and engineering sections that explains why this wasn't well known.

Sounds like damage control.:)
John P. Myers
02-21-15, 11:25 AM
The guy is laughing nvidia right into a class action lawsuit. Seems the info the other guys had to say why it "appears" to be short a little ram was nvidia's way to explain a lie away.

You mean like this? http://www.pcworld.com/article/2887234/nvidia-hit-with-false-advertising-suit-over-gtx-970-performance.html :p

The suit states the last .5 GB runs 80% slower, but it's actually closer to 86% slower. None of this effects crunching though.